Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as a gas, that is blown off.
- noun A device or channel for blowing off something.
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- noun Something that is
blown off - noun The
explosive separation of part of arocket etc in order to prevent itsdestruction and allow forretrieval - noun A blowing off of
steam ,water , etc. - noun colloquial An
outburst oftemper orexcitement .
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Examples
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When the blowoff comes, the mark finds that he has no defence for not being a shrewd man.
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During the haydays of the credit bubble blowoff, 03 to 07, the joke was that the risk had been sent into outer space.
Matthew Yglesias » Charts and Graphs That Will Finally Make It Clear 2010
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The media and investors continually are looking for the next bubble that might follow the internet blowoff, the subprime disaster, and the 2008 meltdown.
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What I see in the above chart is that prices first climbed at one rate between 2001 and 2004 first red line segment on the left, then climbed at a faster rate until a blowoff in 2008, have since recovered, and are climbing again quite handily.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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What I see in the above chart is that prices first climbed at one rate between 2001 and 2004 first red line segment on the left, then climbed at a faster rate until a blowoff in 2008, have since recovered, and are climbing again quite handily.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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The media and investors continually are looking for the next bubble that might follow the internet blowoff, the subprime disaster, and the 2008 meltdown.
Bill Baker: The Wants and Fears of George Soros Bill Baker 2010
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What I see in the above chart is that prices first climbed at one rate between 2001 and 2004 first red line segment on the left, then climbed at a faster rate until a blowoff in 2008, have since recovered, and are climbing again quite handily.
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don't Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand Ph.D. Chris Martenson 2010
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"If portfolio managers and analysts cannot recognize the greatest credit blowoff in the last 80 years, when will they?" asked Mr. Rodriguez.
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Still he figured to have two more chances before the game ended when the big blowoff occurred in the seventh inning.
ROB NEYER’S BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL LEGENDS ROB NEYER 2008
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It is indicative of bubble-like [conditions], though: You get this speculative blowoff, and everyone buys into it at the end.
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